| People love to find out about their favorite celebrities. | | | | Photoshop. So why do people find gossip so enticing |
| After all, even if they don't buy the magazines, lots | | | | when they don't know the celebrities personally? |
| of people read the headlines on the gossip magazines | | | | For many, they like knowing more about their |
| in line at the grocery store, and when bits of news | | | | favorite stars because it makes them more "real." |
| make it to the news stations or into their email, most | | | | With personal information about actors, for example, |
| people absorb the information and spend the rest of | | | | they go from being characters on a screen or stage |
| the day wondering more about what they just found | | | | to being real people with families and friends and |
| out. Even news sites often have a place to get | | | | mortgages. This makes them feel three-dimensional |
| information about celebrity gossip, and these are | | | | to people. |
| often the stories that are most often emailed or | | | | For others, celebrity gossip may be interesting |
| read by internet users. | | | | because it makes them seem "more human." People |
| Celebrity gossip is the way people learn more about | | | | tend to put stars up on a pedestal, and when they |
| their favorite celebs. Reading websites about the | | | | know more about their personal lives, it gives them |
| them gives people some information, but usually it | | | | information they may be able to relate to, which |
| has to do with their professional lives, which leaves | | | | gives them a connection to a celebrity. It allows |
| people feeling the celebrities are a little | | | | people to take them off a pedestal and put them on |
| two-dimensional. | | | | an equal level. |
| Celebrity gossip usually consists of tidbits of | | | | Lots of people love to read gossip. Even if all they do |
| information about peoples' personal lives, such as who | | | | is read the headlines of gossip magazines in line at |
| they're dating, who they're not speaking to, and why | | | | the grocery store, people love to get as much |
| they look like they've gained or lost ten pounds. | | | | personal information about their favorite celebrities as |
| Many people also like to see candid photos of people | | | | they can so they can feel connected to the |
| living their lives. Many photos are accompanied by an | | | | celebrities, as well as see them as more of an equal. |
| explanation of what they're doing, and it gives people | | | | Fortunately, as long as there are people who want |
| a chance to see what they look like without | | | | celebrity gossip, there will be journalists tracking |
| make-up, designer evening wear, and the magic of | | | | down the information to print it! |
